The 19 entities include 13 individuals and six firms.
The Nigerian government has identified and sanctioned 19 terrorism financiers including six Bureau De Change firms, a document obtained by PREMIUM TIMES has shown.Those named as financiers of terrorism include Tukur Mamu, a Kaduna-based publisher, Abdulsamad Ohida, Mohammed Abdurrahaman , Fatima Ishaq, Yusuf Ghazali, Muhammad Sani, Abubakar Muhammad, Sallamudeen Hassan, Adamu Ishak, Hassana Isah, Abdulkareem Musa and Umar Abdullahi.
The second person, Mr Ohida, according to the committee, was"a senior commander of the Islamic State West Africa Province Okene." Mr Sani who was into carpentry, also allegedly specialises in designing terrorist clandestine communication codes and Improvised Explosive Devices . He was identified as one of the terrorists who escaped during the 2022 Kuje prison break.
Ms Ishaq, a resident of Unguwan Sarki in Kaduna North Local Government Area of Kaduna State, was said to be a"financial courier to ISWAP Okene." In 2015, Kano-based Mr Ghazali allegedly transferred N20 million to Surajo Muhammad, one of the six Nigerians convicted in the United Arab Emirates in 2020 for a similar offence.
He was not alone. Mr Abdullahi, described as a Kano State resident and a top member of ISWAP from the Lake Chad region, was described as a"top logistics provider for the ISWAP." Between 2014 and 2015, the committee reported that Settings Bureau De Change Ltd received N100 million from Mr Ghazali who had financial transactions with three UAE convicts -- Surajo Muhammad, Ibrahim Alhassan and Bashir Yusuf.
The Desert Exchange Ventures Limited, in 2015, transferred N20 million to the convict Surajo Abubakar Muhammad, N146 million to Habibu Sani Maigida and N195 million to Rashab Nig Enterprises.For Eagle Square General Trading Co Ltd, the committee said the firm"transferred the sum of N165 million to Abubakar Adamu Yellow in 2018, N480 million to Usaini Adamu between 2017 and 2018 and N347 million to Bahafs Global Ventures within the same period.
The frozen assets or actions taken against the indicted persons and entities are to be reported to the NSC afterwards.
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